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Small Vertical Axis Wind Turbine to Create Wind Power Revolution

The small vertical axis wind turbine that is poised to change the landscape of wind power has its first home on a dedicated site, www.meeteddy.com. On the site, interested parties can learn about eddy’s powerful capabilities, including the capability to back up an existing solar power system, view images of eddy in action and learn how to order an eddy of their very own.

23 May 2010

Bigge Crane and Rigging to Attend World's Largest Wind Energy Event

Bigge Crane and Rigging will be attending the Windpower 2010 Conference and Exhibition. The AWEA event is the largest wind energy event in the world. It is taking place at the Dallas Convention Center from May 23rd to the 26th. The conference focuses on recent renewable energy developments, as well as challenges facing the industry.

23 May 2010

Tesla Motors Buys Advanced Auto Manufacturing Plant from Toyota

Tesla Motors has purchased the former NUMMI factory in Fremont, California, where it will build the Model S sedan and future Tesla vehicles. As recently as April of 2010, the NUMMI factory was used by Toyota to produce the Corolla and Tacoma vehicles using the industry-leading Toyota production system. It is one of the largest, most advanced and cleanest automotive production plants in the world.

23 May 2010

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited to Offer Power to PV Power Plant

Photovoltaic manufacturer and solar energy company Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited has inked a sales agreement with Spanish EPC company MAESSA TELECOMUNICACIONES, INGENIERIA, INSTALACIONES Y SERVICIOS, S.A. ("MAETEL"), which is part of A.C.S. Group, an infrastructure development company.

21 May 2010

Anheuser-Busch Completes Solar Array Installation

American brewery Anheuser-Busch has completed a solar array installation on its brewery in Newark, New Jersey.

21 May 2010

Saudi Electricity Awards $300m Steam Turbine Contract to GE

Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) has given a contract of around $300 million to GE for supplying five steam turbines to the former’s Qurayyah Open Cycle Power Plant located in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.

21 May 2010

San Diego Gas and Electric Inks Contract to Purchase Solar Power

An agreement has been inked by San Diego Gas & Electric Co. to purchase power from a solar photovoltaic power plant which is likely to be located close to the San Diego metropolitan region.

21 May 2010

Harvey Mudd College and BIT Mesra Students Collaborate on Solar Project

In an effort to effectively harness solar power, students from Harvey Mudd College, California and students from BIT, Mesra have taken up a collaborative project for developing a solar energy storage system.

21 May 2010

Pattern Energy Group Secures Over $800 Million in Equity Funding

Pattern Energy Group LP has secured equity funding of over $800 million from investment funds managed by the management of Pattern Energy Group, Riverstone Holdings LLC and select employees.

21 May 2010

Solar Energy to Play a Crucial Role in Global Energy Industry

Recently, two new analyses titled ‘Concentrating Solar Power Technology Roadmap’ and ‘Solar Photovoltaic Energy Technology Roadmap’ was presented by the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Valencia, Spain.

21 May 2010

Reportlinker Introduces ‘Global Clean Energy Technologies Industry’ Report

Reportlinker has announced the introduction of its new ‘Global Clean Energy Technologies industry’ market research report.

21 May 2010

Mighty River and Tauhara North Develop Geothermal Plant

A joint venture partnership between the Tauhara North No. 2 Trust and Mighty River has led to the development of the 140-MW Nga Awa Purua Geothermal Power Station, which has the capacity to produce 3% of the overall electricity requirements of New Zealand.

21 May 2010

China’s Jiangsu Province to See Growth in Renewable Energy

Along the coast of the Jiangsu province of China, a series of wind farms and nuclear power plants are either currently functioning or expected to come into operation soon.

21 May 2010

Iberdrola Renewables Supplies Wind Power to Tennessee Valley Authority

Power company Tennessee Valley Authority has commenced receiving power from the 300-MW Streator Cayuga Ridge wind farm of Iberdrola Renewables SA.

21 May 2010

Camp Grove Wind Farm to Expand

Recently officials of BP Alternative Energy subsidiary Orion Energy have contacted representatives of Marshall County and Stark County in an effort to add 30 to 40 novel wind turbines to the already existing 100 wind turbines in both of these counties.

21 May 2010